Quality of life after surgical treatment for scoliosis
Quality of life after surgical treatment for scoliosis
Responsible: Paul Gerdhem
Introduction
Aim and background: Quality of life in children and adults before and after surgery for scoliosis will be studied. Idiopathic scoliosis, a deformity of the spine is a condition that occurs during growth and is seen in 3% of all children. Most will not require treatment, but a large number require follow-ups to identify the 0.3% of all children with a progressive scoliosis that requires treatment with brace or surgery. The etiology of idiopathic scoliosis is unknown. Hereditary studies indicate a familial aggregation.
Project details
| Department of orthopaedics | |
| Dep of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital. Huddinge | |
| Epidemiological study | |
| 1 | |
| Not decided | |
| All data have already been collected and only need to be analyzed | |
| Ethical permit is required and exists |
Supervisor/Contact
Paul Gerdhem
0736-994409
08-58580000
paul.gerdhem@karolinska.se
Contact 2
Material and methods
Methods: The SweSpine deformity database will be utilized, containing the majority of patients operated for scoliosis in Sweden since 2007. From this database, data on children and adults with scoliosis will be sampled. Data on quality of life preoperatively and postoperatively (the EQ-5D questionnaire and the SRS-22r questionnaire) and other background data are available. Radiographs will be collected. The work will include measurement on radiographs, analysis of data, statistical calculations, literature studies and presentation of data. Data on complications and reoperations will be obtained from the Registry, but if time is sufficient also from the national in- and outpatient Registry. A comparison of quality of life will be made with an already collected reference material from about 200 individuals without scoliosis that have answered both the EQ-5D and the SRS22r questionnaires. Discussion: This project will give valuable insight into pre- and postoperative quality of life in children and adults treated surgically for idiopathic scoliosis.